Kirstin Maldonado Quotes

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

Yes, I am a good singer.

I don't think I'm a singer that likes to flex my vocals. I'll do some runs and a bunch of high notes, but that's it. I really pride myself and I really work on just trying to sing. Like emotions. Just using my voice, not doing anything extra.

I love singing with my mouth open. And I'm actually able to sing even better that way.

The best vocalists I can think of are female.

The biggest thing is to just keep your voice in shape so that when the emotion hits, it's there to have the colors to paint those pictures with the lyrics as well as the sound.

I just wanted to show people - maybe I'm wrong - that I can still really sing. I can sing better than I ever have before. My intonation is way better, my timing, my phrasing - there's a lot more expression; I feel it's a more lived-in, soulful voice.

I love hard singing.

I think the voice is an underrated instrument these days and it's easy to make up for lack of ability with effects. I think sometimes people are more wowed with effects than core craftsmanship. Strong voices are not as common as they used to be.

I sing like a girl.

I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color.

Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer - Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson.

It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist.

I was blown away by Steve Perry's voice - you know, his amazing ability to change from a lambing voice to rock.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

There are so many different people that I've emulated vocally. In the rock world - Sebastian Bach, Vince Neil, Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant. They all had amazing vocal talent.

I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.

The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.

I don't know if vocally I am so great.

My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body.

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself. I just started taking vocal lessons to just work on my breathing, my vowels and stuff.

From a vocal standpoint, Glenn Hughes is just a god.

The God's honest truth is that, being the singer, my body's my instrument.

I knew that I could sing when I was young. I would listen to a lot of jazz; I'm a big jazz fan. When I first got to high school and studied musical theater, I could sing. But I added certain things to my voice, and I realized after graduating high school that this is the kind of voice I had. It's not very nimble, but it's heavy.